Centelles, Spain: galejadors - people born in Centelles – load a pine tree on an ox cart during La Festa del Pi (The festival of the pine). The pine tree will be decorated with apples and wafers and hung inside a church until 6 January

West Webster, New York, US: members of the West Webster fire department load the coffin of slain firefighter Michael Chiapperini on to a fire truck following his funeral service. Chiapperini was killed in an ambush by William Spengler, 62, who lured volunteer firefighters to a blazing building and shot them on Christmas Eve

Kolkata, India: a candlelight vigil is held for the still unnamed victim of a brutal gang rape on a Delhi bus, who has died of her injuries in a Singapore hospital. The attack has sparked huge protests and soul-searching across the country